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POACHED FISH IN TYNGSBORO

By Samantha Allen , sallen@lowellsun.com

Updated:
04/08/2014 09:00:32 AM EDT

Courtesy photo by Jay Kenney. Ten-year-old boys Zach Carney (left) and Jack Kenney, of Tyngsboro, caught a large pickerel in early March while ice fishing out on Lake Mascuppic, only to witness a bald eagle swoop down and grab it for a meal.

Jack Kenney, a fourth-grader at Tyngsboro Elementary School, was out ice fishing on Lake Mascuppic with his dad, Jay Kenney, and friend Zach Carney. The Tyngsboro boys, both 10, caught their only fish of the day on March 8 -- a 3-pound pickerel.

Just after the boys took some congratulatory fishing photos, they put the fish down on the ice behind them for a moment. That's when a large bald eagle swooped in and grabbed their grand prize.

Jay Kenney captured the bird of prey on camera flying away with the boys' catch in its talons. They watched as the eagle landed several hundred feet away, then devoured the fish as they watched from a distance.

Courtesy photo by Jay Kenney. Ten-year-old boys Zach Carney and Jack Kenney, of Tyngsboro, caught a large pickerel in early March while ice fishing out on Lake Mascuppic, only to witness a bald eagle swoop down and grab it for a meal. Jack's father Jay captured this photo by zooming in with his camera, as the boys watched their fish devoured a few hundred feet away.

Jay Kenney said the boys were excited and thrilled by the experience -- a truly wilder end to their day than just releasing the fish back into the lake.

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Courtesy photo by Jay Kenney. Ten-year-old boys Zach Carney and Jack Kenney, of Tyngsboro, caught a large pickerel in early March while ice fishing out on Lake Mascuppic, only to witness a bald eagle swoop down and grab it for a meal. Here you can see the bald eagle flying away over the lake with the fish in its talons. Jack's father Jay captured this photo with his camera.

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